Bliss Baird named semifinalist in National Merit Scholarship competition
Bliss Baird
Submitted to Sumner Newscow — Bliss Baird, the daughter of Rob and Lisa Baird of Wellington, is one of 24 Wichita area students named as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.
Baird is a senior at Wichita Trinity Academy.
Ten of the semifinalists attend Wichita public schools – nine from East High School and one from Northwest.
Students become National Merit semifinalists by taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) during their junior year and scoring in the top one-half of 1 percent in the state.
Nationwide, about 16,000 students were named semifinalists. About 15,000 are expected to achieve finalist status based on other requirements, such as academic skills, extracurricular accomplishments and an essay.
Finalists will compete next spring for 2,500 National Merit Scholarships of $2,500. Scholarship winners will be announced in the spring.
